Kexi In The Press

February 2008

Microsoft Access to Kexi: Microsoft Access is a versatile tool for creating database-driven applications and to maintain office or personal data. Access contains an embedded database engine, but it also connects to other databases through ODBC. On the other hand, Kexi allows users to design forms to gain access to and to create data, just like Access. Kexi also contains an embedded database engine and it can import data to Microsoft Access databases. Plus - Kexi is open source, whereas Access belongs to Microsoft."

December 2007

I decided to tentatively try my hand at helping with a free database project. How do you do that you ask? The best way is to join an open source project as a tester or developer. I decided to join the Kexi project. [..]

March 2007

December 2006

Although Kexi is a rather new project, it has developed quite rapidly into a powerful and easy to use application development tool for database systems. It has all the features needed for creating databases and also comes with a comprehensive help document. [..]

April 2006

Kexi is another relatively new and until now little-known application in KOffice, that has been actively developed since 2002. If you build databases for office applications regularly, Kexi is great news for you. [..]

March 2006

Because Kexi is designed to work only with its own file format, it doesn't need to register data source types, the way Base does, so it has fewer options to worry about. It also boasts a much less cluttered -- and therefore less intimidating -- interface, without sacrificing any functionality.

November 2005

October 2005

Linux Format (UK): KOffice 1.4 Review, page 3. Archived pages: 1, 2, 3. Kexi developers should be applauded for coming up with a solution that offers a chance to migrate away from Access in the future.